NHTSA Complaint #11118882 — 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

CAR STARTED ON FIRE UNDER ENGINE AND BURNED COMPLETELY DOWN TO STEAL FRAME. WAS DRIVING TO AKRON OHIO FROM CEDAR SPRINGS MI. HALF WAY THROUGH OUR FIVE HOUR TRIP I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK IN LUNA PIER OH TO CONTINUE ON. CHECKED ALL FLUIDS N TEMP WAS FINE AS WELL GOT BACK ON HWY WENT LESS THEN 3 MILES AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND TWO POOF'S OF SMOKE CANE FROM UNDER DASH ON DRIVERS SIDE AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF HWY, MY BF GOT OUT N LOOKED UNDER CAR AND THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE, THE FIRE SPREAD VERY SWIFTLY AND WAS UNABLE TO SAVE ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY WE HAD TAKEN FOR OUR WEEKEND GETAWAY. 911 WAS CALLED N FIREMEN WERE DISPATCHED AS WELL AS PARAMEDICS FOR MY BF THAT HAD BEEN BURNED DURING THE INCIDENT TRYING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.. WE ONKY HAD PLPD INSURANCE AND DID NOT GET REIMBURSED FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALL. NOT ONLY DID WE LOSE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BUT WE LOST SEVERAL PERSONAL ITEMS WE HAD TAKEN WITH YS, THE PACIFICA WAS PACKED FULL.